LOCAL & GENERAL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 117, 3 June 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

"Go-Siow PoliloyJ' "There is a 'go-slow' policy rampant in industry to-day and the Government are not doing anythiixg about it," eaid Mr. S. G. Holland, M.P., for Christchurch North, when addressing a meettng at Te Kowhai. 1 "This is increasing costs and the Government is not game to tackle the workers about it." Wellington Fire Losses. According to a report furnished to tlie Wellington Fire Board by the Superintendent, Mr. C. A. Woolley, the estimated loss of property covered by insurance in 1936-37 was £33,570, compaxed with £16,003 in 1935-36, and £19,675 xn 1934-35. The estimated loss of property by fire not covered by insurance was £1046. Ghange of Seasons. The autumn season ended in May, and this month begins the first of the third winter months. Within three weeks the shortest day wiil be reached, after which loxlger days will give more possibilities of sunny, even if cold, weather. The past autuffih has bedn rather dry and a little unfavourable for tamera. Power Exploslon. Ari explosioii of biasting powder whiie he was using a wood-splitting giin resulted in Mr. j. Vinten, of Midhurst, receiving extensive arm and body burns. It is believed that a spark from his pipe entered an open tin containing powder, which exploded with a burst of flame, Mr. Vinten' s clothes beiiig ighited. The injured thaxi was admitted to the Stratford Hospital. "Twopence Conscience Money." Appeariiig on the agendh paper at the last meeting of the Wanganui City Councii, under the he'ading "Correspondence outward dealt with since last meeting by the Tramway Department," appeared the fbllowifig ' " 'Guilty Oue,' Mangaweka, Conscience Money (2d.)." It Was gratefully received by the Councii, Which had just Ca-rfied a fbsolution increasing the tate levy oii the city by Bbme .£13,000. No Change in braW. No Change is to be made in the draw fdx' the 6ecbiid fouild of the sCnidf Hastings-N apier Rugby compbtition, as pfeviously suggbsted. At the meetiiig of the Hawke's Bay Rugby tJhion last evening Mr. N. A. McKenzie reported that many of the clubs were not in agreement with a re-arrangement of the rouiid and that it was not considered desirable to inake a change. Church and Politics. "It is a remarkable thing that the moment we start to do anything some people will say We "afe entefihg politics," Said Archbisiibp Averill when diScUssing the aitiis and objects of the Auckland DioCesan Chuf chmen 's AssoCiation. "Well, I aiti nbt a pblitician. T do Uot knbw anything abblxt politics and much less about party politics,'' the arehbishop cbntinued. "All I ahi Cbucerned with is the Kingship bf Christ, ahd if that is politics, theix all 1 can say is let us have them." Heavy Fog This Morhlng. An unusually heavy blanket of fog covered Hastings this mofning and it was fiot until almost mid-morning that a light breeZe sprang Up and cleared the atmosphere. Vehicular traffic was considerably handicapped-, for in a number of lbcailties in the bofoiigh the fbg was particularly dense, even as late as nine o'clock. Though yesterday afternoon the atmosphere was eomewhat chilly, conditions were warmer in the eveningj and early this morning there was a Weicome fall of rain, 11 points being recorded in the borough. The day broke clear and the warm sunshine quxckly evaporated the surface water, and it was this proceSs that very largely contfibuted to the density of the fog this morning, Eioctrio Fountain. Comparisons, in ali cases favoui'able, have been made between the Tom Parker electric fountain on the Marine Parade, Napier, and similar fountains in many parts of the world by travellers who have seen more than one. The latest comes in a letter to a Napier friend from Mr. Robert Campbell, formerly of Napier, who describee the electric fountain in front Of. the theatre at Waikiki. "It is similar in design to the Tom Parker Fountain," he Writes, "but tor variation in colour display and general beauty of surroundings it fell a good deal short of that beautiful display I witnessed at Napier." Home Savings Bank Boxes. No t'ewer than 22,000 of the Post and Telegraph Department' s special "home savings-bank boxes" were bought last year for children and others using this means of saving money, and no less than £150,000 was invested through this method. 4 Handling such an amount nieant, it is estimated, 02,000 transactions at Post Office Savings Bank counters. During the year a new type of box was' secured from a British jnanufacturer, who has designed a box with a grip on the money slot, thus preventing a coin being withdrawn although it has been inserted only halfway. Notes can be inserted in tight rolls throUgb a hole alongside the coin openiug